Chapter 276 - 269. White Rabbit
"Good afternoon," the Saintess greeted with a soft smile, before shifting her gaze to the young girl. "You should greet someone first before asking them a question, Elena."
"Hehe--sorry!" she giggled and grabbed something that had been nuzzling Zein’s shoes.
He looked down and only then realized there was a rabbit headbutting his combat boots. Perhaps because it was so harmless, Zein didn’t even feel it earlier while he was having his deep thoughts.
The young girl picked up the white rabbit and bowed toward Zein--along with the rabbit. "Good afternoon, Mister!"
It was a clear and loud voice, like that of a schoolgirl when they were greeting their teacher. "Good afternoon," Zein nodded in kind, looking at the rabbit in fascination.
Zoo. He had never gone to the zoo either. Guessed he had one more place to visit now; a date too.
Was it the rabbit, the young girl, or the old lady? The combination of the three harmless-looking creatures made him self-conscious about his--probably--scary appearance. So he retracted his mask as a good gesture, and the rabbit wriggled in the young girl’s arms.
"Huh? Why, Cloudy? Do you want to greet this Mister too?"
The young girl, Elena, looked at the rabbit confusedly and then lifted the wriggling creature toward a surprised Zein. The rabbit’s limbs were pointing toward Zein, like a child asking to be carried.
Zein had never carried a rabbit before, but he had carried his baby brothers a lot of time, so he didn’t have any difficulty when he reached out to take the rabbit. It practically jumped into Zein’s embrace and latched into his chest.
"Huh..."